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--- userdoc:tt-ext-dhcp-server [2013/02/13 15:45] – droemel
+++ userdoc:tt-ext-dhcp-server [2013/03/02 13:51] (current) – droemel
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 ====== DHCP-Server on the external interface (EXTIF) ======
-Since AstLinux version 1.1.1 there is a simple way to use dnsmasq as a DHCP-server on the external interface (EXTIF), or if you have only one NIC (e.g. in a VM), you need to add the following configuration:
+!!Note: AstLinux 1.1.1 or later is required!!
-in ''user.conf'':
+There is a simple way to use dnsmasq as a DHCP-server on the external interface (EXTIF), or if you have only one NIC (e.g. in a VM), you need to add the following variable in your ''user.conf'':
   EXTDHCP="yes"
-If you need a different DHCP range than the default (FIXME), you also need add it to your ''user.conf'':
+If you need a different DHCP range than the default (100-220), you also need add it to your ''user.conf'' as usual e.g.:
   DHCPRANGE="10:120"
-If you need other DHCP values that differ from the defaults, you can add them as usual in ''dnsmasq.static''. Example:
+If you need other DHCP values that differ from the defaults((look at the "dhcp-option" values in "/etc/dnsmasq.conf" in the System Tab)), you can add them as usual in ''dnsmasq.static''. Example:
   dhcp-option=ext,option:ntp-server,192.168.30.10
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 **Firewall**
-If you use the firewall (AIF), you need to open the respective ports for the services you'd like to allow\\
+If you use the firewall (AIF), you'll need to open the respective ports for the services you'd like to allow\\
-(e.g. DNS, TFTP, NTP) with "Pass EXT->Local". DHCP traffic is already allowed through the EXTDHCP variable.
+(e.g. TFTP, NTP) with "Pass EXT->Local". DHCP traffic is automatically allowed through the EXTDHCP variable.
-**Note:** If you need this for an older version of AstLinux, there is a more [[userdoc:tt-ext-dhcp-server-old|complicated way]].
+\\
+!!Note ->!! If you require this feature for an older version of AstLinux, there is also another more **[[userdoc:tt-ext-dhcp-server-old|complicated way]]**.
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